Ashantha, Amal - match referees for Youth Asia Cup (6 July 1999)
The interim commitee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka has appointed former Test cricketers Ashantha de Mel and Amal Silva to officiate as match referees for the Youth Asia Cup which began in Singapore yesterday and will continue till
06-Jul-1999
6 July 1999
Ashantha, Amal - match referees for Youth Asia Cup
The Daily News
The interim commitee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka
has appointed former Test cricketers Ashantha de Mel and Amal Silva
to officiate as match referees for the Youth Asia Cup which began in
Singapore yesterday and will continue till July 11.
They have also named former first-class cricketers, Asoka de Silva,
Gamini Silva, Lalith Jayasundera and T. H. Wijewardene as umpires for
the tournament.
The countries participating are Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Malaysia and
UAE from Group 'A', Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand, and Nepal
from Group 'B'. Matches will be played on turf and astro turf
pitches.
A press release from the Cricket Board states the Youth Asia Cup is a
preliminary qualifier for the Youth World Cup to be hosted by Sri
Lanka in the year 2000.
This is a further commitment of the BCCSL's strategy to raise the
standards of cricket in Asia. The ACC and the BCCSL are closely
associated with this blue print for cricket, the release stated.
Source :: The Daily News (https://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/)